Hanging storage tray
OwnerAlison P. Cancilliari, Dino M Cancilliari +2inventors
InventorsAlison P. Cancilliari, Dino M Cancilliari, Michael D. Baldwin, Michael I. Witucki
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Abstract
A lightweight, structurally strong, hanging storage tray adapted to be suspended from a conventional classroom chair, a ladder or other implement for holding various forms of articles. When used with a conventional classroom chair, the tray is well suited to store books, laptop computers, notebooks, 3-ring binders, etc. The tray can be easily attached or moved from a conventional chair or ladder without any tools or independent fastening elements. The tray is further shaped such that it is stackable with other trays when it is to be stored.
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A tray adapted to be suspended from another implement, wherein the implement has a pair of legs extending non-perpendicular to a ground surface on which the implement is being supported, the tray comprising:
- a main body portion for holding articles therein;
- said main body portion including a pair of corner portions and a bottom wall;
- a neck portion extending from the bottom wall of said main body portion at an angle of at least about 135 degrees from the bottom wall, and further having a width that is less than a width of the main body portion, so that said neck portion may extend between the pair of legs of the implement which the tray is suspended from, and such that the corner portions of the main body portion abut against the legs of the implement and maintain the bottom wall generally parallel to a ground surface on which the implement is resting;
- a hook portion formed at a distal end of said neck portion, said hook portion shaped to enable it to engage a portion of said implement so that said tray can be suspended from said implement, with said corner portions of the main body portion of said tray abutting the legs of said implement to maintain said main body portion rotationally stable as articles are placed in and removed from said main body portion;
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- said tray being attachable and removable from said implement without the need for any external tools or independent fastening elements.
A tray adapted to be suspended from a chair, where the chair has four metal legs, with a rear pair of the legs being angled to extend non-perpendicular to a ground surface on which said chair is being supported, and having a center section extending perpendicularly between said rear pair of legs, the tray comprising:
- a main body portion for holding articles therein, the main body portion including a bottom wall and a pair of corner portions;
- a neck portion extending from the bottom wall of said main body portion at an angle of between about 105-135 degrees, and having a width that is less than a width of the main body portion;
- a hook portion formed at a distal end of said neck portion, said hook portion shaped to enable it to engage with said center section of said chair so that said tray can be suspended from said chair while resting with said corner portions of the main body portion of said tray abutting said rear pair of legs of said chair, and with said neck portion disposed between the rear pair of legs, to maintain said main body portion rotationally stable as articles are placed in and removed from said main body portion, and to maintain the bottom wall approximately parallel to the ground surface on which the chair is resting;
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- said tray being attachable and removable from said center section of said chair without the need for any external tools or independent fastening elements.
A tray adapted to be suspended from a chair, where the chair has four metal legs, with a rear pair of the legs being angled to extend non-perpendicular to a ground surface on which said chair is being supported, and said rear pair of legs having a center section extending perpendicularly between said rear pair of legs, the tray comprising:
- a main body portion for holding articles therein, the main body portion including a bottom wall and a pair of corner portions;
- a neck portion extending from the bottom wall of said main body portion and forming an integral extension of said main body portion, the neck portion extending at an angle non-perpendicular to the bottom wall;
- the neck portion having a width less then that of the main body portion,
- a hook portion formed at a distal end of said neck portion, said hook portion shaped to enable it to engage with said center section of said chair so that said tray can be suspended from said chair while resting with said corner portions of the main body portion of said tray abutting said rear legs of said chair, to maintain said main body portion rotationally stable as articles are placed in and removed from said main body portion and without interfering with the legs of an occupant of said chair, and further such that said bottom wall is maintained generally parallel to the around surface;
- said main body portion and said neck portion being formed with a draft to permit stacking of said tray with additional ones of said tray for convenient storage;
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- said tray being attachable and removable from said center section of said chair without the need for any external tools or independent fastening elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.